While the shutdown is on DO NOT hike alone in Hot Springs National Park plus avoid evening hours. Every time the government is shutdown a certain element from the city moves in to sell drugs, poach, steal wood and vandalize. Rangers are not even driving the roads and the trails are abandoned. They have turned off all the mineral water fountains so you will have to bring your own.

Take a friend… my hiking buddy (beloved husband) is 6’3″ and always has my back while I focus on photography. Stay Safe!

Wandering is Soul serenity. Talk to the trees and they will reveal the beautiful beings and the tiny details lost in the great expanse. I always thank them for allowing me into their home and ask that they might show me what often goes unseen.

Humans were meant to commune with Nature. To wander, roam, ramble, hike across mountains, forests, deserts, shorelines etc. To breathe the beauty of wild spaces and fine serenity in grand landscapes or tiny butterflies. A voyage of discovery within and without.